. Minutes . nth, and we want to tell you that in thelighl of all that is before us, Avith the history of your effortsl)ie(H(ling the war, of your struggles during that bloody i)eriod,and yoiii- hircidean efforts since the clouds have roUcnl away,that yon were right in all you did and our chiefest regret is thatit was not permitted us to share your ttials witli you. There has not been in the history of the woild an armythat eouhl compare with that ol the (V>n IechMaey that W(Mitfoitli, poorly clothed and e(|uipped. lo contend jigainst over-whelming odds and for the first tlirei! years
. Minutes . nth, and we want to tell you that in thelighl of all that is before us, Avith the history of your effortsl)ie(H(ling the war, of your struggles during that bloody i)eriod,and yoiii- hircidean efforts since the clouds have roUcnl away,that yon were right in all you did and our chiefest regret is thatit was not permitted us to share your ttials witli you. There has not been in the history of the woild an armythat eouhl compare with that ol the (V>n IechMaey that W(Mitfoitli, poorly clothed and e(|uipped. lo contend jigainst over-whelming odds and for the first tlirei! years of fighting wonjiearly i^wvy battle, and only succunib(>d when overcome by tluiniei-e foice of numbers. That \ou fought for principhi isattested l)y \\w. fact that you served without pay, that you wereimbued with patiiotisni is pi-oven by Ihi fact thai you enduicMlInne-ci- and cold, dani^ei and dealli wilh llie hope of no rewardexcept lo s<e right, and .justice prfxail. you were pos- :// .-r: -. 1 i u. 124 Eiglitee7ith Reanioji, Bijiningham, Ala., June 9-11, 1908. sessed of valor is shown in the victories you won over tremendousodds. And, old veterans, there are two monuments erected bythe government itself tliat will always point to your zeal andthe accuracy of your aim. One of these is the national cem-eteries, and the other is the ever-increasing pension rolls. Justice, my friends, is sometimes tardy, but it is always sure,and the world will yet give you your proper place in truth of your contentions, the soundness of your positionis admitted to-day by a majority of both North and South. Sothe cause you fought for is not a lost cause, but is one ofthe livest issues of tlie day. Never let any man so reefer to itwitliout challenging his statement. It makes my blood boiland carries my anger to the roots of my hair to hear it, out ofpoetic license or Ior oratorical etleet, referred to as The LostCause. The great prineii)le underlying tlie cause of that w
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